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Witnessing this worldwide obduracy, writers as disparate as Naturalist Konrad Lorenz and Novelist Arthur Koestler have redefined Homo sapiens as Homo maniacus, arguing that man appears doomed by some inherent quirk to follow the dinosaur into oblivion. Among the apocalyptically minded, the only question is where Armageddon will begin. Harlem or the Hotel Majestic? The Sorbonne or the Sinai Peninsula...
...correct an obviously bona fide error of your reviewer of The Ghost in the Machine [March 1]? The term "schi-zophysiology," intended to indicate the mental condition of Homo sapiens, was not coined by me, but by Dr. Paul MacLean of the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md. The speculative conclusions of the book are my own responsibility, but the neurophysiological evidence on which they are based is derived from the Papez-MacLean theory of emotions...
...NAKED APE, A ZOOLOGIST'S STUDY OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL, by Desmond Morris. A witty mixture of established anthropological theory and wild speculation on the evolution of Homo sapiens...
...NAKED APE, A ZOOLOGIST'S STUDY OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL, by Desmond Morris. A witty mixture of established anthropological theory and wild speculation on the evolution of Homo sapiens...
...into "the sexiest primate alive." To ensure that the female would be faithful to the male while he was away hunting, and that the male would remain with the female to help in the extended rearing of the more slowly developing offspring, the "pair-bond," or love, came to Homo sapiens. At the same time, sexual relations became more rewarding to both male and female; the once brief mating season turned into a year-round affair...